Date & Time:
Jan 4, 1943 at 2055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
F8+BM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
4381
YOM:
1941
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on a mine laying operation off the British coast. While cruising at low height, it flew into a hillside at 350 feet and crashed into an empty bungalow at Furze Hill. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Tomczyk,
Gefr Ernst Kern,
Gefr Rolf Fischer,
Fw Hartmut Eucker.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Tomczyk,
Gefr Ernst Kern,
Gefr Rolf Fischer,
Fw Hartmut Eucker.
